Review of Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!

'Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!' seems to be yet another banished from the party anime. It is, yet I find it entertaining enough. § Overview Dennis Blacks found himself exiled from the Silver Wings Battalion when he made a decision that led to their failing the mission, but left the party with no casualties. Using his severance pay, he bid for a certain girl named Atelier. Together, they start a restaurant.§ Notes

1. I humourously call this anime 'My Restaurant Attracts Lolis' due to the fact that the key visual includes Dennis and lolis. (Actually, it's only 3 because the blue-haired person is a boy. He just looks like a girl and fits into the loli æsthetics.)

2. The animation quality is fairly average

3. The OP is catchy and upbeat. So is the ED.

4. I haven't seen the anime, 'Banished From The Hero's Party, I Decided To Live A Quiet Life In The Countryside,' which is the quintessential anime of this genre, but I saw 'The Brilliant Healer's New Life in the Shadows.'

• Both have the tropes of using their severance pay to save a girl from trouble. Both have interesting protagonists. In Brilliant Healer, it's an arsehole who said enough is enough. In this anime, he's a burly but genuinely nice guy.

• As for waifus, both fall short. Brillian Healer includes nonhuman waifus who aren't as sultry as I would have wanted. In this anime, it's lolis. He acts as a father figure to the lolis and the dude in the key visual. His former comrade is a bit sexy and mature, but still drawn as a loli. (Well, if you're okay having a waifu Dennis' foster mother, who is drawn as mid-20s but is probably in her 50s or 60s, it's not all lolis.)

• Three things can happen here: 1) you're repulsed by it, 2) you're neutral to it like me, 3) you're a lolicon. If you're the first type of person, you would probably score this really low. If you're the latter two, you would give this a decent score.

• Both have to deal with the ugly part of life, including evil and corrupt people. If not for these people, 'Welcome to the Outcast's Restaurant!' would have been a totally wholesome anime.

5. Be warned. The first few episodes seem pointless and don't seem to have a direction. It starts picking up in the latter half. The protagonist becomes great at the end.

§ Conclusion

It's an enjoyable show for what it is. But does it deserve a high score? I don't think so.

NOTA BENE: A rating of 5 out of 10 means that 1) I find this anime to be average, 2) I enjoyed it to some extent, but it has some flaws. 3) Or simply, I rank it below my 6's but above my 4's.

A 5 means a passing score. If you're the kind of viewer who treats anything below a 7 as irredeemable, I'd encourage a broader, more nuanced approach to rating.

My enjoyment spectrum lies from 4 to 10. If I have scored an anime below 4, I actively dislike it.